From seafood trader to global technology powerhouse - a glimpse at Samsung’s history

09 August, 2015
Samsung may be one of the world's biggest technology conglomerates today, but the company’s business activities were not even remotely associated with technology when it was founded. In this write-up, we shed some light on the company’s journey from a humble beginning to becoming a global technology powerhouse.

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  • 16 Aug 2015

Great article. For those who live outside US like me, you can access Netflix, Hulu and similar media stations on your Samsung Blu Ray by using UnoTelly or similar tools.

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    • Anonymous
    • veU
    • 15 Aug 2015

    Yoglog, 10 Aug 2015Elop was Microsoft Nokia Microsoft CEOHe was retired from the title

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      • RIE
      • 12 Aug 2015

      joe sHmoe, 11 Aug 2015Maybe his/she's from china.But wait isnt china blocking GSM... moreGsmarena is still viewable in China except that video content cannot be played.

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        • 11 Aug 2015

        joe sHmoe, 11 Aug 2015I thought u were pro-apple.lol..

        It's funny now , because you can't delete it now

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          • 11 Aug 2015

          Anonymous, 11 Aug 2015The ability to remove bloatware is only for china users. No... moreMaybe his/she's from china.But wait isnt china blocking GSMarena from the people? Its plausible but we just dont know.

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            • Anonymous
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            • 11 Aug 2015

            Anonymous, 11 Aug 2015The ability to remove bloatware is only for china users. No... moreUhhh.The thing with android is that the darn thing allows the user to stop such background apps form running and one more important detail is that androids would give the user the total view of how the RAM is consumed.Unlike iphones doesnt even tell me how much free ram space is usable.Lags when i play music and when playing a game at the same time.

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              • jeR
              • 11 Aug 2015

              Yoglog, 10 Aug 2015Have to admit that Samsung had massive influence in promoti... moreI bet you had a iphone 4 instead of the S2. Your fakeness is real.

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                • 11 Aug 2015

                Anonymous, 11 Aug 2015At present samsung phones are coming with interactive desi... moreIs just a blog not efin Wikipedia and was more interesting tha a Wiki article.

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                  • 11 Aug 2015

                  Anonymous, 11 Aug 2015apple is already main stream they even made a movie to how ... moreYeah, it was very well writen aswell. more (L) pls

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                    • 11 Aug 2015

                    Anonymous, 11 Aug 2015That is old news. We can delete bloatware in Samsung device... moreThe ability to remove bloatware is only for china users. Not available for all users worldwide.
                    Touchwiz is still bloated. Too many services run in background consuming a lot of ram.
                    There are google services and samsung services run in background at the same time, and both have the same functionality. Thats why tuchwiz always need huge ram to run "almost" smoothly (but still laggy compared to ios and wp).

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                      • 11 Aug 2015

                      Harmonica, 11 Aug 2015Stop forcing everyone with your iphone.Not everyone likes i... moreApple just release a super thick iphone 6C made from ugly, cheap, scratch prone plastic with 4inch screen and they still call it 'superior'. Blind non power user apple fanboy with super laggy, low specs, tiny, ANT size battery. IOS digust me.

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                        • 11 Aug 2015

                        Harmonica, 11 Aug 2015Stop forcing everyone with your iphone.Not everyone likes i... moreI thought u were pro-apple.

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                          • 11 Aug 2015

                          Antymalware, 11 Aug 2015U do realize that there were BIG Palm devices loooong befor... moreStop forcing everyone with your iphone.Not everyone likes it and also its a waterd down OS it barely offers any software features and our actions are limited and not to mention that its highly dependable with itunes.Not to mention the previos gens.Its lite because it barely does anything with its interior.

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                            • 11 Aug 2015

                            valek, 11 Aug 2015Wow, very good article, interesting read.could you please m... moreapple is already main stream they even made a movie to how it is now.Brands that i would like to know are HTC's history since they are actually new to me including blackberry.Nokia well they made papers before.

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                              • 11 Aug 2015

                              Wow, very good article, interesting read.could you please make more histories bout other company ...eg : apple ...sony...ect

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                                • 11 Aug 2015

                                At present samsung phones are coming with interactive design and lag free.
                                The touchwiz is also designed light

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                                  • 11 Aug 2015

                                  The article failed to include Samsung's other well known areas, which include shipping, engineering (electrical and construction), logistics and protective devices. For example, Samsung earthmovers are quite popular in the category.

                                  The article clearly focus on electronics (and phones, of course, as GSM Arena would be popular with) and failed to share the complete footprint of the company.

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                                    • HjB
                                    • 11 Aug 2015

                                    Anonymous, 11 Aug 2015No. Actually, samsung have made laggy android devices with... moreThat is old news. We can delete bloatware in Samsung devices now and make it lag free. And of course you won't know that because you an isheep with oversaturated Apple bloatware that you have no choice but to use it. Iphone homescreen is crowded with apps and no apps drawer to help to organize that. We also call that basketful of apple bloatware.

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                                      • 9xx
                                      • 11 Aug 2015

                                      Anonymous, 11 Aug 2015You are so funny. Apple fanboy with their Force Touch stuff... moreNo.
                                      Actually, samsung have made laggy android devices with their bloated ram eater touchwiz.

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                                        • M97
                                        • 11 Aug 2015

                                        Wow, very good article, interesting read.

                                        I always knew that Samsung is making bad phones, but I didn't know they had a history of making bad products